Vulnerability Quotes

"Is it really possible to tell someone else what one feels?" "Staying vulnerable is a risk we have to take if we want to experience connection." "Vulnerability is not winning or losing; it's having the courage to show up and be seen when we have no control over the outcome." "The brokenhearted are the bravest among us—they dared to love." "Being vulnerable is the only way to allow your heart to feel true pleasure " "I wear my heart on my sleeve." "In the face of pain there are no heroes." "It is impossible to talk or to write without apparently throwing oneself helplessly open " "If we can share our story with someone who responds with empathy and understanding, shame can't survive" "Vulnerability is not about losing. It’s about being present and showing up when you can’t control the outcome" "I'm here at your feet, go on and take me" "To create a more sincere experience of ourselves we have to be willing to express what we would otherwise repress " "In every Infant’s cry of fear" "If you can't ask for help without self-judgment, you cannot offer help without judging others" "Vulnerability is the most accurate measure of courage" "Perfectionism is a 20-ton shield. It's a way of thinking that says this: If I look perfect, live perfect, work perfect, I can avoid or minimize shame, blame, and judgment" "I do not ask the wounded person how he feels, I myself become the wounded person." "The act of love is a confession" "I am ashamed to tell you this, but I have nothing to say" "I speak the truth, not as much as I would, but as much as I dare."